Penn State Sports Magazine
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O C T O B E R 2 0 2 2 17 W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M By The Numbers 1 0 Saves by senior goalkeeper Brie Barraco in the sixth- ranked Penn State field hockey team's 2-1 victory over No. 7 Michigan on Sept. 16 in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines tallied 23 shots to the visitors' 3, but PSU's strong defensive effort proved decisive. "There is one word that describes this game from my perspective, and that is grit," head coach Char Morett-Curtiss said. "Our defense was strong. Brie Barraco was outstanding, and the team put on a really good stall at the end of the game when they pulled their goalie. We did the things we needed to do to win." 1 1 Consecutive victories by the Penn State women's volleyball team to open its new coaching era. Under the guidance of first-year head coach Katie Schumacher- Cawley, who took over in January for the legendary Russ Rose, the Nittany Lions were 11-0 for the first time since 2015. Included in that streak were back-to-back 3-2 victories over No. 11 Stanford and No. 18 Oregon at the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge in Minneapolis. Penn State moved up two spots, to No. 9, in the American Volleyball Coaches Association rank- ings through games of Sept. 18. 1 1 . 1 3 Nick Singleton's average yards per carry through Penn State's first three games, a figure that led the nation. During those three games, the freshman run- ning back had 5 runs of 40 yards or more yards, three more than any other runner in the country. Singleton's 334 yards in his first three games were the most by a freshman in school his- tory, surpassing Saquon Barkley's start in 2015 when he totaled 311 yards against Temple, Buffalo and Rutgers. Singleton compiled his impressive rushing total on just 30 carries, four fewer than Barkley had re- ceived at a similar juncture in his career. 17 Players with at least one reception in Penn State's 46-10 victory over Ohio on Sept. 10, the highest single-game total in school history. Third-year sophomore PARKER WASHINGTON led the way with 4 catches for 60 yards. By contrast, only 15 Penn State players caught passes all of last season. 1 8 Shots on goal by the Santa Clara women's soccer team against visiting Penn State on Sept. 5. The Broncos had 14 more shots on goal than PSU, but the Nittany Lions still managed to win the game, thanks to an own goal by Santa Clara. Senior forward Payton Linnehan had been trying to send a cross to senior defender Kate Wiesner when it was knocked into the goal by a Broncos player. 2 9 The point differential in Penn State's 41-12 victory over Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 17. It was the Nittany Lions' second-most-lopsided win over an SEC opponent, surpassed only by a 30-0 rout of Kentucky in Lexington in 1978. The victory also lifted PSU's all-time record against SEC opponents above .500. The Lions are now 25-24 versus current members of the sto- ried conference. 9 1 ,7 5 4 Number of season tickets Penn State has sold for the 2022 football campaign, as noted by PSU athletics director Patrick Kraft during an appearance on Steve Jones' radio show in August. To put that number in perspective, Kraft cited Texas' recent announcement that it had broken a school record by selling more than 63,000 tickets. "We have 91,754 season- ticket holders," Kraft marveled. "Nobody in the country has that. So let that number sink in: 91,754 season-ticket holders. Texas just went out and promoted 63,000. We're going to have them by 30,000. That tells you how powerful we are. And, when we're all to- gether in that, that's impressive." 1 0 7, 3 0 6 The official attendance for Penn State's foot- ball game against Ohio. It was the team's best- attended home opener since drawing 107,678 for a 59-0 shutout of Florida International in 2007. PSUtixman@gmail.com www.PSUtixman.com Get your PSU Football Tickets at go t ti cke t s? PHOTO BY DANIEL ALTHOUSE